2 But your wrongs have separated you from your God,and your sins have made him hide his faceso that he doesn’t hear you.
3 Your hands are stained with blood,and your fingers are stained with sin.You speak lies,and you mutter wicked things.
4 No one calls for justice,and no one pleads his case truthfully.People trust pointless arguments and speak lies.They conceive trouble and give birth to evil.
5 They hatch viper eggsand weave spiderwebs.Those who eat their eggs will die.When an egg is crushed, a poisonous snake is hatched.
6 Their webs can’t be used for clothes,nor can they cover themselves with their works.Their works are evil.Their hands have committed acts of violence.
7 Their feet run to do evil.They hurry to shed innocent blood.Their plans are evil.Ruin and destruction are on their highways.
8 They don’t know the way of peace.There’s no justice on their highways.They’ve made their paths crooked.Whoever walks on them will never know peace.